A review by k_aldrich
The Librarian and the Spy by Susan Mann

2.0

The cover is what you’d think when you hear “romance,” but the story doesn’t align with that. It seems to be part Dan Brown puzzle solving, partial romance, and a typical action/spy novel. The novel felt like it didn’t know what it wanted to be and as a result felt like it lacked focus. The characters make stock character choices. The novel could have been at least 1/3rd shorter. It spends time describing mundane everyday things that don’t need to be rested on. It tried to do a lot and it didn’t achieve what it wanted. I’ll say the scene where she knocks someone out with the Oxford English Dictionary was pretty fantastic though.